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Image Sharpness
Gabrielle asks, I always thought my pictures were pretty sharp, well up until I saw some pictures from other photographers. My photos all of a sudden don’t look so sharp anymore. What does a really...
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Does brand matter?
Trevor asks, In your honest opinion is there much of a difference between manufacturers of digital SLR cameras? Is it better to look only at the two biggest being Canon and Nikon or are the other ones...
View ArticleMemory Card Speeds
Dave asks, Does the speed of memory make your camera shoot faster? It depends on your camera. Faster memory allows your camera to write an image to the memory card faster. If your camera can take...
View ArticlePale Sky
Terry writes, My digital pictures tend to have washed out pale sky much like the sample at the upper right of your homepage. The software that came with my Lumix doesn’t seem to help. Do I need to use...
View ArticlePanasonic Lumix DMC TZ3
Hank asks, I’m looking for point & shoot top end with 28 mm lens, what do you think of the Panasonic Lumix DMC TZ3. I’ve read the reviews hard to believe how opinions differ. Unfortunately I have...
View ArticleA matter of perspective
Gabrielle posted a question a while back, and in summary, she wanted to know why an image she found on the net "sort of comes towards you". You can find the image online at...
View ArticleProtective filters and digital cameras
Nancy writes, When I told you I rec’d a Nikon D80, you recommended a protective lens to me. My husband bought: Tamron 67mm UV Haze Filter Will this lens work as you recommended? It should do the job to...
View ArticleChurch wedding with a Nikon D-80
Nancy’s going to be shooting a wedding inside a small church and wrote to ask what flash she should use for her Nikon D-80. Nikon has several external flashes, but for most people I recommend the...
View ArticleAutofocus and group shots
A reader writes, On recent vacation, I really did take many terrific shots, but a bummer being a group shot of four kids against some rocks at the beach. The colour and lighting are fine, but three...
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Basic Workflow
Fay writes, “Please advise best sequence for working with a digital image, download from camers and proceeding to — 1. Change PPI 2. Crop 3. Resize 4. Sharpen, Contrast, etc.” Also, apologies to Trevor...
View ArticleCanon G9
Rebecca wrote, “I’m looking for a good point and shoot camera. What do you think of the new Canon G9?” The G9 specs look impressive, and Canon has added back a few of the features that I thought were...
View Article55-200mm or 70-300mm?
Nancy writes, “For a complete amateur like myself, who just really really really likes to take a lot of photos…which lens? Nikkor 55-200 VR or the Nikkor 70-300 VR ED. I currently have the 18-70 which...
View ArticleCheap Flash for Backgrounds
Jim wrote to ask, “Eric you spoke of small cheap flashes a while ago would you have a model number I could search for. I am looking for something to light behind my subject triggered by an optical...
View ArticleCaptioning Digital Photos
Ken writes, “What program or programs are recommended for captioning digital photos? I want to be able to choose the location of the caption, the font, and the colour of the text.” Most photo editing...
View ArticleCMYK vs RGB
A reader asks, “I’m thinking of entering [an image in a competition]. The rules state that I can send jpg images on a CD but that they must be in RGB format and not CMYK format. When I capture images...
View ArticleBlurry Indoor Photos
An anonymous reader asks, I took a bunch of photos at a party over the weekend. They looked fine on the back of my camera, but when I posted them to the web I noticed that a lot of them were blurry....
View ArticlePhoto Editing
Gerry writes, I get the impression from what I have read so far about digital photography that all pictures have been somewhat modified in a photo editing program before being displayed in magazines. I...
View ArticleUsing your flash
Adrian writes,/> I notice a lot of professionals always use their flash no matter the conditions. I’ve tried this but sadly poor results. Why do they do it and why do most of my flash photos suck!?...
View ArticlePhotographing Lightning
Adrian writes, I’ve tried recently to photograph lightning but with little success. Is there a basic set of rules to follow for this? Or some sort of guideline where I can try to find what works best...
View ArticleIs my camera good enough?
Rohit writes, “I’m using a Canon S3. It’s a simple SLR so and I’m a beginner. Is it a good camera for me?” I haven’t tried that camera, but from the specs it certainly appears to have all the features...
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